Bill Price on Phoenix?
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Was reading over on the Canadian website Gripped about "5.13" day, aka 5/13/2020. The author claimed that Jerry Moffat got the first onsight of Phoenix. Didn't Bill Price get that? Just wanna get my history straight. Thanks.
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@BAd-clYmber I think it was Ray Jardine.
See: https://www.climbing.com/places/classic-routes-the-phoenix/
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Jardine's ascent was far from being anything even remotely close to what I'd consider "onsight". So maybe some nuances in definitions here.
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@toby Ah. Sorry bout that. Didn't read the OP carefully enough -- just thought "first ascent". I don't know who first onsighted it.
But, while you are right that Jardine's ascent it was about as far far from onsight as one could get, it was still groundbreaking.
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@David-Harris Yep. Not intent to knock Jardine. Friends are dandy things to have.
